Lawo To Show 4K Format Conversion For V__Matrix Platform At SMPTE LA

At its core the vm_udx provides four independent paths of format conversion between SD, HD and 4K for IP and/or SDI signals.

At the 2018 SMPTE LA conference, Lawo will show a new virtual module for its established V__matrix signal-processing platform. The new vm_udx Virtual Module (VM) provides format conversion between SD, HD and 4K formats plus audio embedding/de-embedding, frame-sync, proc amp and RGB color correction functionality.

At its core the Lawo vm_udx provides four independent paths of format conversion between SD, HD and 4K for IP and/or SDI signals. Conversion between SD and HD formats uses one path while conversion to/from 4K uses four paths. Each path provides full video framesync and audio sample rate conversion as well as audio and video delay functionality. Every path also has audio embedding/de-embedding capabilities with audio gain, surround to stereo downmix (5.1 & 7.1) and x/y-fade functionality for all outputs.

A 5,312 x 5,312 I/O mono audio router provides ample room for audio embedding/de-embedding to video as well as pure audio channel reshuffling if desired. Broadcast quality RGB and YUV color correction is provided for every processing path. An additional four independent paths for a total of eight are available with the +4UDX option.

Fundamentally designed with IP networking in mind, the vm_udx natively supports both ST2022-6 and ST2110-20 IP video as well as ST2110-30/-31/AES67 and RAVENNA IP audio streams. Conversion between IP video and IP audio standards is also possible—e.g. ST2022 to/from ST2110. To ensure high availability, ST2022-7 hitless protection switching is natively supported.

With the available io_bnc rear-plates vm_udx allows for legacy connection to SD-, HD- and 4K-SDI. For 4K both single-link 12G-SDI as well as quad-link (2SI and SQD) is supported. In addition the vm_udx is also capable of single-link to quad-link and 2SI to SQD cross-conversion.

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